Volvo has joined Sky’s nationwide activation supporting the Game of Thrones ‘7 Kingdoms Tour’. Kickstarting in Dublin, in partnership with Sky Atlantic, the experiential event supports the final epic series of Game of Thrones, giving fans in seven cities across the UK and Ireland an exciting opportunity to sit on the ‘Iron Throne’. A convoy […]
A survey by the Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual Content (Fapav) estimates that there are 2 million illegal pay-TV subscriptions in Italy and 4.6 million viewers. Fapav claims that that few Italians are aware that their illegal subscription, amounting to €10 to €20 per month, is only the end point of a chain managed […]
Amazon has reportedly filed a request with the ITU to launch and place into Low Earth orbit (LEO) a mega-constellation of 3236 satellites. In doing so Amazon will be competing with the already established fleet of 20 SES/O3b satellites, plus other planned services from SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat, Leosat and others. Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos is […]
Vodafone Spain has revamped its TV offer with new packages, the addition of Starzplay to its line-up, and the elimination of the basic fee. Now subscribers will not have to pay a basic fee of between €12 and €24 to have access to the TV service as the service will be a la carte with […]
The Ultra HD Forum (UHDF) – the global organisation defining industry best practices for the introduction of technologies to facilitate ultra-high-definition (UHD) viewing experiences – is bringing a significant update to its Guidelines to 2019 NAB Show. “For the first time, we are releasing a unified guidelines document, illustrating UHD maturity,” advised Madeleine Noland, Senior […]
A collaborative effort in Phoenix, Arizona that involves a dozen broadcast stations will soon expand beyond a single Next-Gen TV transmission tower to include an additional station with a signal that will be enhanced through the use of a Single Frequency Network (SFN). As part of the Phoenix Model Market project, and with planning and […]
3D specialists RealD has won a Patent action against German-based Volfoni and its associated companies which protects its IP. On April 4th, RealD said that the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Opposition Division has upheld the validity of another of its key patents for light-doubling 3D cinema projection systems. As a result, RealD’s European patent that […]
One of the most iconic events on the golf calendar, the Masters Tournament, will be presented in Norway, Poland and Russia on Discovery’s GOLFTV following a new agreement. The partnership signals the first men’s Major to be available anywhere on GOLFTV, strengthening a portfolio in Norway, Poland and Russia that features many of the sport’s […]
Intelsat’s CEO Stephen Spengler and SES boss Steve Collar, along with senior officials from the C-Band Alliance (CBA), met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Aaron Goldberger, legal advisor to Chairman Pai on March 29th. The CBA explained to Chairman Pai that the CBA is engaged in working collaboratively with industry stakeholders on the technical, […]
Snap has unveiled new augmented reality (AR) and camera search experiences for creators, partners, and Snapchatters. Snap’s Lens Studio is a free, publicly available desktop app for anyone to build and distribute Lenses on Snapchat. Lens Studio packages up Snap’s computer vision and graphics technology into simple templates for creators. More than 400,000 Lenses have […]